HYMN XXXIV. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14. HARK! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding thro' the skies? Lo! the angelic host rejoices; Heav'nly hallelujahs rise. Listen to the wond'rous story Which they chaunt in hymns of joy; Glory in the highest, glory, Glory be to God most high! Peace on earth, good will from heaven, Christ is born, the great Anointed, HYMN XXXV. Christ died for our sins. 1. Cor. xv. 3. HE dies! the friend of sinners dies! Come sinners, trace in sad review His grief who bow'd beneath your load; He gave his anguish'd life for you, Pour'd forth in streams of richest blood. Yet see, the Lord forsakes the tomb; Cease, cease your tears ye saints, and tell HYMN XXXVI. I heard a voice from heaven saying blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Rev. xiv. 13. HEAR What the voice from heav'n proclaims For all the pious dead; Sweet is the savour of their names, They die in Jesus, and are blest; Dark doubts no more their minds perplex, Far from this world of toil and strife They're present with the Lord; The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. HYMN XXXVII. "Made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light." HEAV'N is a place of rest from sin, But, all who hope to enter there, Must here that holy course begin Col. i. 12. Which shall their souls for rest prepare. Clean hearts, O God! in us create; The church of Christ, the means of grace, In those, our Saviour's steps we trace, Firm in his footsteps may we tread, And be from grace to glory led, From heav'n below to heav'n above. HYMN XXXVIII. He shall feed his flock. Is. xl. 11. His flock the shepherd loves, He guards them with his eye; He suffers not his tender lambs Thro' his neglect to die. Beside the mountain stream, Or thro' the verdant mead, The shepherd leads his fleecy charge, And watches while they feed. Thus we desire to lead These children, Lord, to thee; That, fed upon thy saving word, Thine they may ever be. Deign our attempt to own; Bless the instruction given; Water the seed that here is sown, |